brainsickness
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brain·sick
(brān′sĭk′)adj. Archaic
Of, relating to, or induced by a mental disorder.
brain′sick′ly adv.
brain′sick′ness n.
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brainsickness
nounSerious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely:
craziness, dementia, derangement, disturbance, insaneness, insanity, lunacy, madness, mental illness, psychopathy, unbalance.
Psychiatry: mania.
Psychology: aberration, alienation.
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